New Jersey Natural Gas

NJNG PROVIDES WEEKLY UPDATE ON SERVICE RESTORATION EFFORTS

New Jersey Natural Gas today provided the following update of its restoration to the storm-damaged portions of its system:

Area

Customers Served

Customers Without Service

Outage %

Bayshore

20,020

493

3

Coastal Monmouth

58,636

743

1

Seaside Peninsula

15,982

2,477

15

LBI

14,239

101

1

Ocean County Mainland

151,121

4,408

3

Total

259,998

8,222

3

This week, we made 348 meters ready for natural gas, 162 of which are on the Seaside peninsula.

In the areas of the peninsula where we can safely restore service, we have now rebuilt all available meters. We continue to repair the portions of our system that serve the more heavily damaged side streets where main or services were retired for safety reasons. This week, we re-pressurized 3,000 feet of main in the Lagoon Drive area of Mantoloking, which serves Broad, Ellison, Normandy, Arrow, 7th and Lake; and 900 feet of main in the Sailfish area of Normandy Beach, which includes the blocks of Sailfish and Dawn that are west of Route 35 South.

We have completed, or expect to complete repairs and re-pressurize the following damaged side streets by the following dates:

Streets

Municipality or Area

Tentative Date for
Re-Pressurization

Baltimore, Elizabeth, Princeton, Bay

Lavallette

Complete

Marshmallow, N. Lagoon, Hayes, Jacobsen

Normandy Beach

1/5

Broad, Ellison, Normandy, Arrow, 7th, Lake

Chadwick Beach

Complete

Bergen, North and South Lagoon, Channel

Mantoloking

Complete

Sailfish, Dawn

Normandy Beach

Complete

Harding, Coolidge

Ortley Beach

1/7 West of Bay Boulevard

Bay, Arnold, Tunney, Heiring, Bayside

Ortley Beach

1/8 Bay Blvd. and west

Trenton, Newark, Elizabeth

Lavallette

1/9 Baltimore to boardwalk

East Plover

Ocean Beach

1/10 Route 35 North to Ocean Rd

K Street

Seaside Park

1/17

Ocean Terrace

Seaside Heights

1/8 Porter to DuPont

Faber Lane

Mantoloking

1/7

Princeton/Jersey City/New Jersey/Brooklyn

Lavallette

1/15

O Street

Seaside Park

1/8

Barnegat Lane

Mantoloking

1/18 Bergen to Herbert

West Central Avenue (Route 35) South

Chadwick Beach

1/10 Norman to 4th

Heiring Avenue

Seaside Heights

TBD

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, Ocean Terrace

Chadwick Beach

TBD

Central, Pennsylvania, Railway east to ocean

Ortley Beach

TBD

8th, 4th, 3rd, Dellmuth, Shuster, Washington, Bay

Ortley Beach

TBD

East Avenue

Mantoloking

TBD Newman to Lyman

West Kupper, Baytree, West Marion, Rte. 35 south

Normandy Beach

TBD

East Kupper, Neptune, Georgian, Deauville, Jeanette, 9th, Sunset

Normandy Beach

TBD

Sea View Rd., Ocean Rd. (oceanfront)

Ocean Beach

TBD

Albertson Street

Mantoloking

TBD Runyon to the bay

After a street is successfully re-pressurized, it will take two to three days to rebuild the meters on that street. Once your meter work has been completed, you should see a tag on your meter, which indicates that your home or business has natural gas to its meter. As soon as you see the tag, and your home or business has electricity and is habitable and occupied, then you may have your own qualified technician determine that your natural gas system and equipment are safe for use, and turn on your natural gas service.

Federal, New Jersey and local safety codes prohibit tampering with natural gas meters and service lines. Even if natural gas service has not yet been restored to your area, this could significantly hamper efforts to restore service.

If you smell an odor of natural gas, leave the building immediately. Do not light matches, touch electrical switches or appliances, or use your telephone. From a safe location, customers should notify us of all gas leaks immediately at 1-800-GAS-LEAK.

Please remember that at least three business days prior to outdoor construction or digging, contractors and property owners – whoever is excavating – must call New Jersey One Call at 811 or 800-272-1000 and take the following steps:

Wait for the site to be marked with paint, flags or stakes. Yellow indicates the presence of underground natural gas lines.

Respect the marks and dig with care.

Hand dig only (no mechanized equipment) within two feet of buried piping and facilities.